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Toplines - South Carolina Governor - July 29, 2010

1* How would you rate
the job Barack Obama has been doing as President…do you strongly approve, somewhat
approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been
doing?

28%
Strongly approve

12% Somewhat approve

10% Somewhat disapprove

48% Strongly disapprove

3% Not sure

2* How would you rate
the job Mark Sanford has been doing as Governor…do you strongly approve, somewhat
approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been
doing?

13%
Strongly approve

33% Somewhat approve

23% Somewhat disapprove

27% Strongly disapprove

4% Not sure

3* 2010 South
Carolina Governor’s Race

Date

Nikki
Haley (R)

Vincent
Sheheen (D)

Some
othercandidate

Not sure

July 29,
2010

49%

35%

4%

12%

June 23,
2010

52%

40%

3%

5%

June 10,
2010

55%

34%

5%

6%

4* I’m
going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me
know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or
very unfavorable impression.

Candidate
for the SC Governor’s Race

Very
Favorable

Somewhat
Favorable

Somewhat
Unfavorable

Very
Unfavorable

Not sure

Haley

28%

38%

13%

12%

9%

Sheheen

24%

25%

19%

15%

17%

5*
A proposal has been made to repeal the health care bill and stop it from going
into effect. Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly
oppose a proposal to repeal the health care bill?

52%
Strongly favor9% Somewhat favor9% Somewhat oppose

25%
Strongly oppose5% Not sure

6* Suppose the new Arizona immigration law was being
considered for your state. Would you favor or oppose passage of that law in
your state?

59% Favor20% Oppose
21% Not sure

7* The U.S. Justice Department has
decided to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law in federal
court. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to challenge the legality of
Arizona’s new immigration law?

27% Agree
54% Disagree
19% Not sure

8* Some people believe that
the goal of immigration policy should be to keep out national security threats,
criminals and those who would come here to live off our welfare system. Beyond
that, all immigrants would be welcome. Do you agree or disagree with that goal
for immigration policy?

66% Agree
21% Disagree
13% Not sure

9*
Suppose a woman enters
the United States as an illegal alien and gives birth to a child in the United
States. Should that child automatically become a citizen of the United States?

32% Yes
60% No

8% Not sure

10* Generally
speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?